How Britain became Criminal Inc

Oliver Bullough's book offers a whirlwind trip of the dark underbelly of global finance, covering everything from tax law changes to aiding criminals to decamp with money from bank accounts

Butler to the World: How Britain became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals

Author: Oliver Bullough

Publisher: Hachette

Pages: 273

Price: Rs 699

Oliver Bullough is an impassioned critic of the role the global financial system plays in abetting the world’s crooks. His first book, Moneyland (2018), documents in fervid detail how kleptocrats build illicit wealth through seemingly legitimate means. That book presciently started with a description of deposed Ukrainian strongman Viktor Yanukovich’s palace, which the public seized after he fled in 2014: A “temple of tastelessness, a cathedral of kitsch, the epitome of excess,” built while he earned a state